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stay with us. we have much more still ahead. your weather and traffic and top stories as fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. >>> there is a live look at our nation's capital on this wednesday morning, september 29, 2010. a little cool out there this morning. you might even say a little bit nippy in light of the temperature that we had this time yesterday morning. at least we get a bit of a break from the rain. not for long. >> no, be back later on this afternoon and tonight. >> with a vengeance apparently. >> yeah. right now, it is nice and comfortable out there. >> it is a little nippy, isn't it in. >> yeah, it feels good. we'll be looking at cloud cover moving in during the next several hours. let's go to max 2 and can you see the cloud cover moving in from the south and the southeast and the rain showers not too far way. increasing chance for rain around here. i think most of it will hold off until this afternoon. the main event arrives later tonight and during the daytime hours tomorrow. we'
stay with us. we have much more still ahead. your weather and traffic and top stories as fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. >>> there is a live look at our nation's capital on this wednesday morning, september 29, 2010. a little cool out there this morning. you might even say a little bit nippy in light of the temperature that we had this time yesterday morning. at least we get a bit of a break from the rain. not for long. >> no, be back later on this afternoon and tonight....
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the frontal system not going to bring us rain showers. we could use it. very dry around here for the past month or so. just not in the cards today. but what is in the forecast, a lot of sunshine and a beautiful afternoon. forecast, high temperatures yesterday were in the middle 80s in town. a little cooler than that. about 77 to 80 in washington. 82 in waldorf and 81 in warrenton. no rain in the forecast today. >> let's get a check of our morning commute with our julie wright. she has your on-time traffic. >> we're not looking so bad right now. we are off to a pretty quiet start. the lanes are open between college park and bethesda. now 301 at climber drive, that is where we have a crash. only one lane squeezing through. beltway here at route 4. no problems reported between andrews and the wilson bridge. traveling in on 66, so far, so good. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> our top story this morning, voters in maryland and the district head to the polls today to cast their votes in primary elections. now, we have team covera
the frontal system not going to bring us rain showers. we could use it. very dry around here for the past month or so. just not in the cards today. but what is in the forecast, a lot of sunshine and a beautiful afternoon. forecast, high temperatures yesterday were in the middle 80s in town. a little cooler than that. about 77 to 80 in washington. 82 in waldorf and 81 in warrenton. no rain in the forecast today. >> let's get a check of our morning commute with our julie wright. she has...
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they flat out whipped us. we got to come out there, get repaired, look at the film and see what went wrong. check ourselves and get ready for the next week. >>> before a lot more with the skins coming up later this hour. dave ross will be here to break down things with our monday morning quarterback segment. stay with us. a lot more state ahead. up next the pastor at the center of the sex scandal is talking publicly. >> portrayed myself as the perfect man. but i am not the man that is being portrayed on the television. >> it is what bishop ed area long didn't say that has a lot of people concerned. we'll get a full report as we check more headlines. stay with us. -- it is what bishop eddie long didn't say that has a lot of people concerned. >>> counting ballots in venezuela. president hugo chavez is fighting to keep control in the national elections for parliament. they are waiting for election results. >>> here at home of course the obama administration is working hard to keep middle east peace
they flat out whipped us. we got to come out there, get repaired, look at the film and see what went wrong. check ourselves and get ready for the next week. >>> before a lot more with the skins coming up later this hour. dave ross will be here to break down things with our monday morning quarterback segment. stay with us. a lot more state ahead. up next the pastor at the center of the sex scandal is talking publicly. >> portrayed myself as the perfect man. but i am not the man...
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thank you for joining us. and without further ado, here is tucker barnes to tell us more about what we can expect today. >> good morning. a real mess out there. a lot of rain falling across the area. we have this tornado warning set to expire in just a couple of minutes. a real mess with embedded thunderstorms, rainfall rates approaching two inches an hour in some spots. we've had reports of lots of gusty winds. we have a tornado warning, a wind advisory along the bay and a flash flood watch. let's get to it. hd radar, did want to show you the area we've been most currented with in the past half hour or so and that is east of the beltway, east of prince george's county along the bay there. see the intense yellows and reds. there is thunderstorm activity and doppler radar is indicating the possibility some of tornadoes. a tornado warning was issued about a half hour ago. it is in effect for a few more minutes. let's close in on that region. you can see the widespread rain across the region. this is pushing up t
thank you for joining us. and without further ado, here is tucker barnes to tell us more about what we can expect today. >> good morning. a real mess out there. a lot of rain falling across the area. we have this tornado warning set to expire in just a couple of minutes. a real mess with embedded thunderstorms, rainfall rates approaching two inches an hour in some spots. we've had reports of lots of gusty winds. we have a tornado warning, a wind advisory along the bay and a flash flood...
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fox 5's will thomas tacks us to frederick, maryland for this one. -- takes us to frederick, maryland for this one. >> reporter: urbana public library. a thousand people a day pass through here but it is what a collection supervisor discovered outside in the book drop friday that prompted frederick county official to spring into action. >> we were especially fortunate because our circulation supervisor would was doing that task used to work in the hospitality industry so she was trainedded and looking for exactly this kind of bug. >> reporter: elizabeth cromwell is the community relations manager for frederick county libraries. bed bugs discovered in books? that is a first. >> i've been here eight years. i've never heard of. this my director has never heard of this either. >> reporter: this is about one of a half dozen bed bugs collected from one of the children's books in the drop on heat advisory bin. those books are now sitting in the back of this truck baking. once the temperature reaches # 20 degrees it kills any remaining bugs. >> i think it is disgusting and i hope that they do
fox 5's will thomas tacks us to frederick, maryland for this one. -- takes us to frederick, maryland for this one. >> reporter: urbana public library. a thousand people a day pass through here but it is what a collection supervisor discovered outside in the book drop friday that prompted frederick county official to spring into action. >> we were especially fortunate because our circulation supervisor would was doing that task used to work in the hospitality industry so she was...
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thank you for joining us early. tucker is in now to tell us about this weather that we're dealing with. yesterday, we had quite a bit of heavy rain. i came in 67 miles from west into the district and ran into just a few showers. >> well, we have more on the way. yesterday, we had tornado warnings. we had some problems across some of the area. others did not have any problems. some extremely heavy rain pushing up through front royal, cull pep eric leesburg, reston, you are right on the edge of it. you get the idea there, moving from south to red. you see the dark yellows and reds. we have a flash flood watch in effect for locally heavy rain until 8:00. humidity, 87%. feels very tropical out there. area of low pressure will pass to our west today and our conditions will improve as we have a frontal system through here. early rain, afternoon sun. some sun by newport and more sun by late this afternoon. highs in the low 80s. so temperature-wise, we will be nice. should be a gradual improvement. >> thank you. julie wrigh
thank you for joining us early. tucker is in now to tell us about this weather that we're dealing with. yesterday, we had quite a bit of heavy rain. i came in 67 miles from west into the district and ran into just a few showers. >> well, we have more on the way. yesterday, we had tornado warnings. we had some problems across some of the area. others did not have any problems. some extremely heavy rain pushing up through front royal, cull pep eric leesburg, reston, you are right on the...
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it cools us down for the weekend. 82 on saturday. we could have clouds and showers around, at least the possibility on sunday with highs only in the mid-70s so much cool are air by the end of the weekend. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic and you know what that means. >> not looking so bad right now. lanes are open as you work your way around from colesville road head around towards 270. southbound 95 in great shape leaving laurel down towards the beltway. no trouble spots to report on 270. looking at the camera, still at speed leaving 109 continuing down into germantown. traffic volume running smoothly in each direction out on 66 as you travel between manassas and the beltway. live shot of 395 leaving duke street headed out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> president obama's top economic advisor plans to leave the administration at the end of the year. the white house says lauren summers will step down from his post as director of the national econo
it cools us down for the weekend. 82 on saturday. we could have clouds and showers around, at least the possibility on sunday with highs only in the mid-70s so much cool are air by the end of the weekend. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic and you know what that means. >> not looking so bad right now. lanes are open as you work your way around from colesville road head around towards 270. southbound 95 in great shape leaving laurel down towards the beltway. no...
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won't impact us directly. we'll see some waves along the coast associated with it but the outflow reaching very close to the eastern shore. our forecast looking ahead here, a good one. after some early clouds, beautiful afternoon with lots of sunshine, high temperature about 80-degree. wind will be out of the north at about five miles per hour. later tonight, open the windows again. 54degrees. maybe close the windows. put a blanket on. in the upper 40s in some spots. wind out of the north at about five miles per hour. the next couple of days unfortunately, we need the rain. just not in the forecast. wednesday, thursday and friday, upper 80s near 90. if it is possible, it will feel a little humid around here by september standards. that is a look at the forecast. let's do some on-time traffic and we know what that means. julie wright. >> we are not letting go of summer. on the roads, you will find the lanes are open as you continue to work your way around northbound i-95 out of springfield headed up towards the
won't impact us directly. we'll see some waves along the coast associated with it but the outflow reaching very close to the eastern shore. our forecast looking ahead here, a good one. after some early clouds, beautiful afternoon with lots of sunshine, high temperature about 80-degree. wind will be out of the north at about five miles per hour. later tonight, open the windows again. 54degrees. maybe close the windows. put a blanket on. in the upper 40s in some spots. wind out of the north at...
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the cold front will not bring us rain but it will bring us cooler temperatures. the day time highs this weekend as we get into saturday, mid- 80s and by sunday, only the 70s. our forecast, not a great one although no terrible either. it will be dry. lots of sunshine, hot and humid. record heat likely. our record for the day is 94 degrees. our forecast high, 95. that record was set in 1970. for those of you who remember that day in 1970. if you got outdoor plans tonight, should be just fine. the five-day forecast featuring lots of clouds on sunday and cooler temperatures. sundays, monday, tuesday, we'll get unsettled with a good chance of needed rain around here towards the end of the weekend. >> all right. sounds good. thank you. let's check in with julie wright now with the latest on the traffic. a little bit of fog to deal with. >> oh, so you did hear that that. >> i did hear that. but then there was about 10 seconds of my life that i tonight know where i went. sometimes that happens when tucker talks. >> sometimes that happens on a friday night. foggy conditio
the cold front will not bring us rain but it will bring us cooler temperatures. the day time highs this weekend as we get into saturday, mid- 80s and by sunday, only the 70s. our forecast, not a great one although no terrible either. it will be dry. lots of sunshine, hot and humid. record heat likely. our record for the day is 94 degrees. our forecast high, 95. that record was set in 1970. for those of you who remember that day in 1970. if you got outdoor plans tonight, should be just fine. the...
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matt ackland joins us with more. >> reporter: you are right. this basically guarantees that vincent gray will be the next mayor of the district of columbia. i know you just talked about a percentage. let me break down the votes for you really quickly. at -- we are told that vincent guy had quite a rally where he brought everyone together saying it was time for us to get over this twigs between he and the mayor and now for district residents to come together -- get over this division. we are told that the mayor has conceded the primary and plans to call chairman gray this morning. we heard from both candidates last night. >> make no mistake. we will work tirelessly to put district residents back to work. and we will not only tackle the employment crisis but we will also give our small business owners the support they need and they want to succeed. >> that is how it goes sometimes. all elects are different. i always tell people that you are never going to know what is going to happen until the night of the election. >> reporter: so a lot of peopl
matt ackland joins us with more. >> reporter: you are right. this basically guarantees that vincent gray will be the next mayor of the district of columbia. i know you just talked about a percentage. let me break down the votes for you really quickly. at -- we are told that vincent guy had quite a rally where he brought everyone together saying it was time for us to get over this twigs between he and the mayor and now for district residents to come together -- get over this division. we...